The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
2:31 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2879
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.60° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.16° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.